Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings.
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Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Of course, performance artist Laurie Anderson's film "Heart of a Dog" isn't really about a dog or dogs in general, at least that's not solely what it's about. Anderson narrates the picture, (and hers is the only voice we hear), which is a post 9/11 essay on New York, on America, on language and on loss, all of which is par for the course for Anderson who lulls you into a sense of false security with what, superficially, is the story of her beloved rat terrier, Lolabelle.Even the slightest knowledge of Anderson's work will tell you what you're letting yourself in for, so this isn't a conventional 'film' as such but something akin to performance art on film. Indeed seeing this in a cinema almost defeats the purpose; best to see this in a gallery, sunk deep in an armchair, sipping on something cool and try to forget about 9/11 and Anderson's paranoia and fears and keep telling yourself...it's all about a dog.
I dvr'd this based on HBO's description, "Laurie Anderson reflects on the passing of her mother, her husband (Lou Reed) and her dog" What I saw was one minute of reflection about her mother in the beginning and one minute at the end. There was absolutely ZERO reflection about Lou unless you want to count the one grainy picture of him during the movie, or the picture of him and the song of his during the end credits. The dog was well represented and saw significant screen time in the film and was obviously more loved than the mother or husband.Ms Anderson even stated that she did not love her mother during the film.I was very interested to hear her feelings on her husbands passing and got absolutely nothing. She really should have just made the movie entirely about the dog.
Acclaimed Media Artist Laurie Anderson has created another extremely imaginative and intriguing film that will leave viewers spellbound. Her style of storytelling is so unique and at times disturbing that you will wonder if what you'd just seen is real or a product of a mind that has recently passed beyond mortality.The wife of music legend Lou Reed uses many literary passages, music and images to tell the story of the life and passing of her dog Lolabelle. But it's much more than that. She infuses her own life stories and experiences to create this moving piece of artistic cinema.You will laugh, possibly cry, and think. You will wonder, imagine and think. You may find yourself scared and freed from reality simultaneously but most of all you will think.If you are a fan of Batman or Spiderman films, pass on this one. If you are a thinking free spirit relax and enjoy.
I am sure that I am going to get into trouble but I believe in all honesty that this film was a total dud. There are are very few films that I walk out of (I see at least 60 a year) but this was one of them. I have had dogs as pets - lots of them. I admire them for their faithfulness and their ability to put one in a good mood. But to base a complete film on a dog and to impute feelings that a dog supposedly has is ridiculous. I have no issue at all with someone making a film on this topic but to expect me to pay money to see it - which I did - is too much. This film is simply one person's egocentric take on her own perceptions - nothing more, nothing less.